Humphreys Peak ( hop, Aaloosaktukwi, nv, Dookʼoʼoosłííd) is the highest natural point and the second most prominent peak after Mount Graham in the U.S. state of

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, with an elevation of and is located within the Kachina Peaks Wilderness in the

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, about north of Flagstaff, Arizona. Humphreys Peak is the highest of a group of dormant

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peaks known as the San Francisco Peaks. Humphreys Peak was named in about 1870 for General Andrew A. Humphreys, a

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officer who was a

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during the

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, and who later became

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of the

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. However, a

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map from 1903 showed the name ''San Francisco Peak'' applied to this feature (apparently borrowed from

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on which the peak stands). Thus the United States Board on Geographic Names approved the variant name in 1911. In 1933, the application of the names was rectified.

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"Kachina Trail #150"
U.S. Forest Service.
"Humphreys Peak Trail #151."
HikeArizona.com.
"Kachina Peaks Wilderness."
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